My upbringing is why I am the person I am today. I have very wise parents.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEYThe whole point for me is to change as much as possible. If I’ve done one movie, I’ve done that, move on.
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You already feel unsure of yourself, and then you see your worst fears in print. It really knocked me – which is why, I think, I was working, working, working, because I was trying to run away from the fact that I thought I couldn’t do it.
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Half of my mum’s family is Welsh. I remember when I was a kid she used to read to me, and witches and wizards in books always had a Welsh accent, so I guess I took it from that really.
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I tried college for three months but I was desperately unhappy. I just wanted to perform. I was getting straight As but I had no friends and cried every day.
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I do think that acting is such an unpredictable job, and you’re away a lot. If you’re dating somebody outside the industry, it can be hard to understand that.
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I like watching films when I don’t know anything about the people.
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In film as a medium, you’re often given a baddie and a goodie and told what to think about them; it’s usually a very definite point of view.
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Well, the thing about great fictional characters from literature, and the reason that they’re constantly turned into characters in movies, is that they completely speak to what makes people human.
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Bigger films are more difficult because the number of people is so huge.
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I always find it much easier when there’s one person whose vision you’re following, as opposed to many people.
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I wish I was Sienna Miller. When I talk to her, I hope a bit of her party personality will rub off on me, but it never does.
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Empathy is the main thing, putting yourself in somebody else’s shoes and trying not to judge.
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I find it difficult to see the romance in digital.
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The thing I love about acting is getting to change and look at different people in different lives and do different projects.
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I don’t quite understand what Tolstoy’s actual personal view of Anna is – whether he likes her or hates her, whether she’s the heroine or the antiheroine.
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I think women’s bodies are a battleground and photography is partly to blame. Our society is so photographic now, it becomes more difficult to see all of those different varieties of shape.
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